ATA 133 controller cards....worth it?

tooltool
Posted:
in Genius Bar edited January 2014
I was told by someone that installing a ATA 133 controller card (replacing the ATA 66 one) would show an increase in speed for ATA 100 and above hard drives.



Then someone else told me that I wouldn't notice any difference...



So what's the scoop? Anyone know?

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  • Reply 1 of 6
    defiantdefiant Posts: 4,876member
    [quote]Originally posted by TOOL:

    <strong>I was told by someone that installing a ATA 133 controller card (replacing the ATA 66 one) would show an increase in speed for ATA 100 and above hard drives.



    Then someone else told me that I wouldn't notice any difference...



    So what's the scoop? Anyone know?</strong><hr></blockquote>



    You should notice a speed increase. The speed increase will depend upon what you are doing with your system- ie. if you do Video Editing you would notice it.



    Hint: more INFO would be appreciated.
  • Reply 2 of 6
    tooltool Posts: 242member
    This is the one I ordered:

    <a href="http://eshop.macsales.com/Item_Specials.cfm?ID=4348&Item=SIISCMP4A12"; target="_blank">http://eshop.macsales.com/Item_Specials.cfm?ID=4348&Item=SIISCMP4A12</a>;
  • Reply 3 of 6
    defiantdefiant Posts: 4,876member
    [quote]Originally posted by TOOL:

    <strong>This is the one I ordered:

    <a href="http://eshop.macsales.com/Item_Specials.cfm?ID=4348&Item=SIISCMP4A12"; target="_blank">http://eshop.macsales.com/Item_Specials.cfm?ID=4348&Item=SIISCMP4A12</a></strong><hr></blockquote>;



    looks good, but for what do you need an ATA-133 controller ?
  • Reply 4 of 6
    tooltool Posts: 242member
    I just got this hard drive:

    [quote]

    WD WESTERN DIGITAL "SPECIAL EDITION" 120GB 7200RPM EIDE HARD DRIVE MODEL # WD1200JB - OEM, DRIVE ONLY

    Specifications:

    Size: 120 Gigabytes

    Interface: IDE ULTRA ATA100

    Seek time: 8.9ms

    RPM:7200

    Cache 8MB

    <hr></blockquote>



    and I was told that the ATA133 controller would help this hard drive perform as close to it's specs more than a ATA66 one would...



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  • Reply 5 of 6
    eugeneeugene Posts: 8,254member
    Yeah, but that HDD is only an ATA/100 drive because ATA/133 is pretty much no faster. Of course the benefit of ATA/133 would be the ability to use HDDs larger than 137 GB in size.
  • Reply 6 of 6
    tooltool Posts: 242member
    hmm..alright. And I can hook up 4 internal Hard drives if I wanted.
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